@article{Kasi_Malik_Ali_Aftab_2020, title={FREQUENCY OF PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS IN METHAMPHETAMINE USERS}, volume={70}, url={https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/5565}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objectives:</strong> To determine the frequency and severity of psychotic symptoms in users of methamphetamine.</p> <p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Cross sectional analytic study.</p> <p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Combined Military Hospital, Quetta, from Aug 2018 to Jan 2019.</p> <p><strong>Methodology:</strong> Sixteen to sixty years old patients already using methamphetamine for at least 1 month were included in this study. Purposive non-probability sampling technique was used. A total of 134 patients of methamphetamine use were studied after consent, using Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS). Data was entered in a specially designed semi structured proforma. The data was analysed by using One Way Anova Calculator.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Psychotic symptoms were found in 42 (31.3%) enrolled patients in our study. Out of 134 patients 63 (47%) were >25 years and 71 (53%) were < 25 years of age.</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The results of our study showed that a significant proportion of methamphetamine users had psychotic symptoms. A strategy should be made to promote awareness in population about harmful consequences of methamphetamine use, timely identification of psychosis in its users and their rehabilitation.</p>}, number={5}, journal={Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal}, author={Kasi, Ihsan Ullah and Malik, Muhammad Sheraz Afzal and Ali, Sohail and Aftab, Abid}, year={2020}, month={Oct.}, pages={1366–70} }